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('''
MCMLXVI ''') was a
Common Year Starting On Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar).
- January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic .
- January 2 - Strike of Public Transportation workers in New York City - ends January 13
- January 3 - First Acid Test at The Fillmore , San Francisco
- January 4 - Military coup in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso ).
- January 4 - Prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow
- January 4 - Fire due to a Gas Leak in Feyzin Oil Refinery near Lyon , France - 18 dead, 84 injured
- January 10 - Pakistan i- India n peace negotiations end successfully in Moscow
- January 10 - French paper '' L'Express '' publishes a story of Georges Figon , who took part of the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka . January 18 French police announces that Figon has committed suicide just before he was about to be arrested
- January 11 - Conference about the situation in Rhodesia begins in Lagos
- January 11 - Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri dies
- January 12 - Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
- January 13 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development .
- January 15 - A violent military Coup in Nigeria
- January 15 - Moscow announces Sergei Korolev 's death
- January 17 - The Nigerian Coup is overturned
- January 17 - A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 jet tanker over Spain , dropping three 70-kiloton Hydrogen Bomb s near the town of Palomares and one into the sea
- January 17 - Carl Brashear , the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident on a routine mission which amputates his leg.
- January 18 - About 8000 US soldiers land in South Vietnam - numbers of US troops total 190.000
- January 19 - Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister Of India - sworn in January 24
- January 19 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies resigns
- January 20 - Demonstrations against high food prices in Hungary
- January 21 - Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro resigns due to a power struggle in his party
- January 22 - Military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa has been killed during the coup
- January 26 - Harold Holt becomes Prime Minister of Australia when Robert Menzies retires
- January 26 - Beaumont Children Disappearance - Three children disappear on their way to Glenelg Beach , South Australia , and have never been seen again
- January 27 - British government promises USA that British troops in Malaysia stay until more peaceful conditions in the region
- January 29 - The first of 608 performances of '' Sweet Charity '' opens at the Palace Theatre in New York City .
- January 31 - United Kingdom ceases all trade with Rhodesia
- January - First SR-71 spy plane goes into service.
- July 1 - Joaquin Balaguer becomes president of the Dominican Republic.
- July 3 - Rene Barrientos elected President Of Bolivia
- July 4 - North Vietnam declares general Mobilization
- July 4 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom Of Information Act into law. The act goes into effect the following year.
- July 6 - Malawi becomes a republic
- July 7 - Conference of Warsaw Pact ends with a promise to support North Vietnam
- July 12 - Indira Gandhi visits Moscow
- July 12 - Zambia threatens to leave the Commonwealth Of Nations because of British peace overtures to Rhodesia
- July 12 - US lieutenant major W.H. Whalen arrested for spying
- July 14 - Israel i and Syria n jet fighters fight over the Jordan River
- July 14 - In Chicago, Illinois , Richard Speck murders eight student nurses in their dormitory
- July 14 - Gwynfor Evans becomes member of Parliament for Carmarthen , the first Plaid Cymru MP in the UK .
- July 16 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Moscow to try to start peace negotiations about Vietnam War - Soviet Government refutes his ideas
- July 17 - Richard Speck arrested - he tries to commit suicide but fails
- July 18 - Gemini X lifts off for earth orbit with astronauts John Young and Michael Collins , setting a world altitude record of 474 miles.
- July 18 - The Hough Riots break out in Cleveland, Ohio , the city's first Race Riot .
- July 19 - Chinese delegate in Netherlands , Liu En-Tsiu , is declared Persona Non Grata because of death of a Chinese engineer in unclear circumstances; there are claims that he was kidnapped and taken to the delegate's office
- July 22 - Chinese government announces Dutch delegate G. J. Jongejans Persona Non Grata but tells him not to leave the country before group of Chinese engineers has left the Netherlands
- July 23 - Katangese troops in Stanleyville , Congo , revolt in support of the exiled minister Moise Tschombe . Mutiny lasts several weeks
- July 24 - U Thant visits Moscow
- July 26 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House Of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous Precedent
- July 28 - USA announces that U-2 reconnaissance plane has disappeared over Cuba
- July 29 - Nigeria n army rebels and execute the head of state general Irons
- July 30 - England beat West Germany 4-2 to win the World Cup at Wembley
- August 1 - Sniper Charles Whitman kills 13 from the University Of Texas At Austin Main Building.
- August 1 - Military Coup in Nigeria - general Yakubu Gowon takes over
- August 2 - Spanish government forbids overflights of British military aircraft
- August 5 - Martin Luther King leads a civil rights march in Chicago
- August 6 - Rene Barrientos takes office as the President Of Bolivia
- August 6 - Bridge over the Tagus River in Lisbon , Portugal , is opened
- August 7 - Race riots occur in Lansing , Michigan.
- August 10 - East German court sentences Günter Laudahn to life imprisonment for espionage for USA
- August 10 - Lunar Orbiter 1 , the first US spacecraft to orbit another world, is launched
- August 12 - In the Massacre Of Braybrook Street , Harry Roberts, John Duddy and Jack Witney shoot dead three plain clothes policemen in London - they are later sentenced to life imprisonment
- August 13 - China begins Cultural Revolution
- August 13 - An Earthquake in Turkey - 2394 dead, 10000 injured
- August 15 - Syria n and Israel i troops clash over Lake Genesaret for three hours
- August 15 - '' New York Herald Tribune '' stops publication
- begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong with the intent to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 are arrested.
- August 17 - Saudi Arabia and United Arab Republic begin negotiations in Kuwait to end the war in Yemen
- meets and defeats a Viet Cong force estimated to be four times larger, at the Battle Of Long Tan in Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic Of Vietnam
- August 19 - Earthquake in eastern Turkey destroys whole cities
- August 21 - Seven men sentenced to death in Egypt for anti- Nasser agitation
- August 22 - Formation of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee ( UFWOC ), predecessor of the United Farm Workers Of America ( UFW )
- August 26 - Riots in French Somaliland
- August 29 - British Rock band The Beatles play their very last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California .
- August 30 - France offers independence to French Somaliland
- January 1
- --- Anna Burke , Australia n politician and member for Chisholm in the House Of Representatives
- --- Michael Imperioli , American actor
- January 3 - Martin Galway , Northern Irish composer
- January 7 - Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy , American actress and model, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (d. 1999 )
- January 12 - Rob Zombie , American musician, artist, and writer
- January 13 - Patrick Dempsey , American actor
- January 17 - Shabba Ranks , Jamaican singer
- January 19
- --- Stefan Edberg , Swedish tennis player
- --- Floris Jan Bovelander , Dutch field hockey player
- January 20 - Tracii Guns , American guitarist
- January 24 - Jimeoin , Northern Irish-Australian comedian and actor
- January 29 - Romário , Brazilian footballer
- January 30 - Hans Tutschku , German composer
- March 2 - Debra Marshall WWE Manager & Actress
- March 3 - Tone-Loc , American musician
- March 4 - Kevin Johnson , American basketball player
- March 4 - Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), American rapper
- March 4 - Dav Pilkey , American author and illustrator
- March 4 - Patrick Hannan , English pop drummer ( The Sundays )
- March 5 - Tim Crutchfield , American politician
- March 6 - Yahya Ayyash , Palestinian terrorist (d. 1996 )
- March 10 - Edie Brickell , American singer
- March 25 - Tom Glavine , baseball player
- March 25 - Tatjana Patitz , model
- March 25 - Anton Rogan , Northern Irish footballer
- March 31 - Roger Black , British athlete
- April 2 - Teddy Sheringham , British footballer
- April 4 - Riduan Isamuddin , Bali Bombing Suspect s
- April 8 - Robin Wright Penn , American actress
- April 8 - Bobby Ologun , Nigerian television personality and martial artist
- April 11 - Lisa Stansfield , British soul singer
- April 14 - Greg Maddux , American baseball player
- April 15 - Samantha Fox , British model and singer
- April 18 - Trine Hattestad , Norwegian athlete
- April 28 - John Daly , American golfer
- April 29 - Phil Tufnell , British cricketer
- May 8 - Kamil Kašťák , Czechoslovakian ice hockey player
- May 8 - Cláudio Taffarel , Brazilian goalkeeper
- May 8 - Marta Sánchez , Spanish female vocalist, entertainer
- May 10 - Jonathan Edwards , British athlete
- May 11 - Christoph Schneider , German musician ( Rammstein )
- May 12 - Stephen Baldwin , American actor
- May 13 - Darius Rucker , American singer ( Hootie & The Blowfish )
- May 16 - Janet Jackson , American singer
- May 16 - Thurman Thomas , American football player
- May 24 - Eric Cantona , French footballer
- May 26 - Helena Bonham Carter , English actress
- May 26 - Zola Budd , South African athlete
- June 4 - Cecilia Bartoli , Italian mezzo-soprano
- June 4 - Tiffany Million , American actress
- June 8 - Julianna Margulies , American actress
- June 13 - Rod Walker , American poet
- June 18 - Kurt Browning , Canadian figure skater
- June 21 - Rudi Bakhtiar , American journalist
- June 22 - Michael Park , British rally co-driver (d. 2005 )
- June 25 - Dikembe Mutombo , Congolese basketball player
- June 27 - J.J. Abrams , American television writer and producer
- June 28 - John Cusack , American actor
- June 30 - Mike Tyson , American boxer
- July 3 - Moises Alou , baseball player
- July 5 - Gianfranco Zola , Italian football (soccer) player
- July 7 - Gundula Krause , German violinist
- July 13 - Gerald Levert , American singer
- July 14 - Matthew Fox , American actor
- July 15 - Irène Jacob , French-born actress
- July 18 - David Geoffrey Smith , American geographer, engineer and computer scientist
- July 29 - Martina McBride , American singer
- July 29 - Richard Steven Horvitz Voice Actor
- July 31 - Dean Cain , American actor
- August 7 - Jimmy Wales , American founder of Wikipedia
- August 11 - Juan Maria Solare , Argentine composer
- August 14 - Halle Berry , American actress
- August 17 - William E. Dudley , American poet
- August 19 - Lee Ann Womack , American musician
- August 19 - Lilian Garcia , WWE Ring Announcer & Musician
- August 20 - Dimebag Darrell , Guitarist for Pantera and Damageplan
- August 23 - Rik Smits , Dutch basketball player
- August 26 - Jacques Brinkman , Dutch field hockey player
- August 26 - Shirley Manson , Scottish musician and Garbage (band) frontwoman
- September 2 - Salma Hayek , Mexican-born actress
- September 4 - Yanka Dyagileva , Russian singer
- September 9 - Georg Hackl , German luger
- September 9 - Adam Sandler , American actor and comedian
- September 24 - Michael J. Varhola , American author and publisher.
- October 1 - George Weah , Liberian politician and football player
- October 2 - Rodney Anoai , WWF Champion, Yokozuna (d. 2000 )
- October 3 - Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane , Israeli settler leader (d. 2000 )
- October 8 - Aaron Callaghan , Irish football club executive
- October 9 - David Cameron , British Politician
- October 10 - Tony Adams , English footballer
- October 12 - Brian Kennedy , Irish musician and author
- October 13 - Javier Lopez Cantu , American Latino painter
- October 24 - Roman Abramovich , Russian oil magnate
- October 27 - Matt Drudge , American Internet journalist
- October 28 - Steve Atwater , American football player
- November 1 - Gary Howell , American actor
- November 6 - Peter DeLuise , American actor
- November 12 - David Schwimmer , American actor
- November 14 - Curt Schilling , baseball player
- November 16 - Christian Lorenz , German musician ( Rammstein )
- November 17 - Jeff Buckley , American singer (d. 1997 )
- November 17 - Sophie Marceau , French actress
- November 20 - Kevin Gilbert , American singer, composer, and instrumentalist
- January 1 - Vincent Auriol , President Of France (b. 1884 )
- January 11 - Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor (b. 1901 )
- January 11 - Hannes Kolehmainen , Finnish runner (b. 1889 )
- January 14 - Barry Fitzgerald , Irish actor (b. 1888 )
- January 14 - Bill Carr , American athlete (b. 1909 )
- January 15 - Sergei Korolev , Russian space scientist (b. 1906 )
- January 18 - Kathleen Norris , American writer (b. 1880 )
- February 1 - Buster Keaton , American actor and film director (b. 1895 )
- February 1 - Hedda Hopper , American gossip columnist (b. 1885 )
- February 10 - Billy Rose , American composer and band leader (b. 1899 )
- February 10 - Lal Bahadur Shastri , Prime Minister Of India (b. 1904 )
- February 15 - Gerard Ciołek , Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909 )
- February 20 - Chester Nimitz , American admiral (b. 1885 )
- March 1 - Fritz Houtermans , German physicist (b. 1903 )
- March 3 - Maxfield Parrish , American artist (b. 1870 )
- March 5 - Anna Akhmatova , Russian poet (b. 1889 )
- March 8 - William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor , British politican (b. 1907 )
- March 10 - Frits Zernike , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888 )
- April 1 - Flann O'Brien , Irish humorist (b. 1911 )
- April 2 - C.S. Forester , English author (b. 1899 )
- April 3 - Battista Pininfarina , Italian car designer (b. 1893 )
- April 10 - Evelyn Waugh , English author (b. 1903 )
- April 11 - Maximiliano Hernández Martínez , military dictator of El Salvador (assassinated) (b. 1882 )
- April 13 - Georges Duhamel , French author (b. 1884 )
- April 13 - Abdul Salam Arif , President Of Iraq (b. 1921 )
- April 23 - Georges Ohsawa , Japanese diet founder (b. 1893 )
- May 22 - Tom Goddard , English cricketer (b. 1900 )
- May 23 - Demchugdongrub , Mongolian politician (b. 1902 )
- June 1 - Papa Jack Laine , American jazz musician (b. 1873 )
- June 7 - Jean Arp , Alsatian sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1887 )
- June 8 - Anton Melik , Slovenian geographer (b. 1890 )
- June 11 - Delmore Schwartz , American poet (b. 1913 )
- June 12 - Hermann Scherchen , Austrian conductor (b. 1891 )
- June 19 - Ed Wynn , American actor (b. 1886 )
- June 30 - Giuseppe Farina , Italian race car driver (b. 1906 )
- July 2 - Jan Brzechwa , Polish poet (b. 1900 )
- July 5 - George De Hevesy , Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )
- July 6 - Sad Sam Jones , baseball player (b. 1892 )
- July 24 - Montgomery Clift , American actor (b. 1920 )
- August 3 - Lenny Bruce , American comedian (b. 1925 )
- August 6 - Cordwainer Smith , American author (b. 1913 )
- September 5 - Dezső Lauber , Hungarian sportsman and architect (b. 1879 )
- September 6 - Margaret Sanger , American birth control advocate (b. 1879 )
- September 6 - Hendrik Verwoerd , Dutch-born Prime Minister Of South Africa (b. 1901 )
- September 11 - C. E. Woolman , American airline founder (b. 1889 )
- September 17 - Fritz Wunderlich , German tenor (b. 1930 )
- September 28 - Andre Breton , French writer (b. 1896 )
- October 7 - Smiley Lewis , American R&B musician (b. 1913 )
- October 16 - George O'Hara , American actor (b. 1899 )
- October 18 - Elizabeth Arden , Canadian-born beautician and cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1878 )
- October 26 - Alma Cogan , English singer (b. 1932 )
